harrigan in orlando with the latest on the story. steve? >> reporter: uma, the prosecution here in orlando set to prove that 63-year-old millionaire real estate developer bob ward took a revolveer two years ago in the master bedroom and held it 18 inches away in his wife's head, shot her point-blank and killed her with a single shot. the jury agreed with the assessment. here was the scene in court a few minutes ago. >> we the jury found the defendant guilty. >> reporter: second degree murder is what they were going after. this could mean a penalty of anywhere from 16 years to life for bob ward. the prosecution in its case relied heavily on a 911 tape. during the 911 call, bob ward said on five separate occasions, "i just shot my wife." his own words "too much t wordso

recover. the defense tried to show diane ward was on drunk, on antidepressants and possibly suicidal but the jury did not buy it. we could see 16 years to life. sentencing is in november. >> uma: thank you for the update. we have just learned that prosecutors in italy plan to seek life in prison for amanda knox. this comes from the prosecutors themselveses who wrapped up the prosecution cases this morning. in the appeals trial, knox and her codefendant. knox is an american student appealing her conviction in the 2007 murder of her roommate meredith kertcher. ♪ ♪ it's not who is the slickest candidator smoothest debateer that we need to elect. [ applause ] we need to elect the candidate with the best record and the best vision for this country.

>> uma: turning to politics, a big weekend in florida. the republican faithful is casting their vote in a straw poll this evening. some are saying texas governor rick perry campaign is teetering after a rocky debate on thursday night. and the texas governor is no doubt hoping that the straw poll results will help him defend his position at the front of g.o.p. pack. carl cameron has more. >> reporter: rick perry with the debate and some of the rhetoric. the truth of the matter this is a strong straw poll showing for the texas governor in florida. there's over 3,000 activists from across the state. representing various different geographic locations, town, county, state, et cetera. many of them g.o.p. activists and officials. and he has been spending a lot of time focusing on organizing the straw poll. he is expected to win it. his debate performance may have taken a nick. there were conservatives that

have issues with him on what he has said about the illegal immigration. as far as straw poll is concerned he is likely to do well. mitt romney departed florida. he is up in mackinaw iland where rick perry joined him. both of the two top front-runners left florida to be in michigan where there is a g.o.p. gathering for the remainder of this weekend. perry arrived there a short while ago. mr. romney got there last night after having spent the day in indiana. so it's a particulay important straw poll, too. there is only two that matter in the aggregate for presidential politics. one in iowa, we saw that. michele bachmann won it but hasn't been able to capitalize on the victory. the florida straw poll, this one is the fifth presidential cycle where this convention is taking place. has been indicator in the past, the people that won the straw polls went on to be president. ronald reagan, george h. bush were all winners. they won the straw poll and ended up in the white house.

a lot is riding on this and the perry campaign is looking for a big win. you're right about that. romney is not organizing. jon huntsman is ignoring it. the candidates that took part in the fox news debate will be on the ballot with the exception of gary johnson, the new mexico governor who simply didn't participate. >> uma: it will be a big time out there. i tell you. people are looking forward to count votes. you'll keep close watch throughout the day. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> uma: coming up later this hour we talk to the newly elected chairman of the republican party of florida and find out why the states want to push up their primary date. despite warning from the national republican party that they could lose votes. it's your turn to weigh in. who do you think will win the florida straw poll and why? tweet your answers to -- i'll read responses later this hour. tension in washington running high yet again. as a threat of another

government shutdown looms. member of congress have until 30th to come up with stop gap on spending. can republican and democrats come together and avert a shutdown? peter doocy has more on this. >> if the senate passed a house verse of the spending bill? this friday september 30 is the day that they will run out of money. fema might run out of money before that. we agreed to the number on fema. did they want the government to shut down? did they want fema to close? fema will close. they will go monday or tuesday. >> they want to give money to people when they need it. but they want the new fema money to be paid for with cuts

to automobile industry loan program. among other places. that is something that the democrats will not support in large numbers. the breakdown is something that is puzzling the speaker of the house john boehner who says when t bill was written, democrats and the republicans all had their say. it is a bipartisan bill that we sent over there. it's a reasonable, responsible approach to keep our government funded. and to provide fema with the disaster relief money that is so badly needed by thousands of families. >> in the midst of all of this legislative gridlock, senator roy blunt said if congress can't get this deal done, they wonder what they can get done in the deficit super committee, because the tas there can is more complicated than this. >> uma: one has to wonder indeed. i can't believe we're at this point again, steve. unbelievable. thank you very much. you look like your dad. okay. hundreds of libyan government forces enter the

home township of muammar gaddafi today. sert is one of three gaddafi strongholds refusing to surrender even after revolutionary forces seized control last night. david piper is joining us with details. david? i >> reporter: hi, uma. the government forces are now pushing in to gaddafi's hometown of sirte trying to capture it. the first time he got to considerable numbers in past, they have been beaten back after suffering a fierce resistance from the gaddafi loyalists. this time the commanders are closer to saying they launched the new offensive because families of many of the fighters from the nearby town of mismisurata are trapped in the town many are hiding in basement and they want to save them. the advance is held by the more nato airstrike overnight. the both confirmed now that the ammo dump, antiaircraft battery and command and

control facility. but the rebel fighters are suffering still in sirte. the snipers from gaddafi forces are firing them from -- [ inaudible ] that is holding up advance at this hour. there is another pro-gaddafi stronghold in the desert 90-miles southeast of here. fighters are also being held up, mainly by terrain, the gaddafi forces hold the high position. the commanders there are considering an attack from the south to try to break the back of the resistance there. also today, the daughter of gaddafi, she ran away to algeria. she has been speaking on syrian based tv today. a and she suggests that her father is fighting still with his forces here in libya. no way of confirming that, of course. a rebel commander did say

today they have had some intelligence about his whereabouts. they intergateed a general they captured in the past few days and he had been in contact with gaddafi. around the town in the deep south of the corns. it was a pro-gaddafi strong homicide andmo of them moved to control by the rebels. a little information there about the whereabouts. possibly of gaddafi. but, of course, we can't confirm that at this time. back to you. >> all right, david piper. thank you for the update from libya. appreciate it. high drama at the u.n. with next week scheduled vote in the security council for u.n. recognition of the palestinian statehood. though the u.s. opposes the bold move, thousands of jubilant palestinians are cheering palestinian president mahmoud abbas historical quest for u.n. acceptance. joining us with insight on the high-stake dance, middle eastern expert, a senior fellow. great to have you here. thank you for joining us.

>> thank you, uma. >> uma: there are those who say that supporting this move can give the palestinian a seat at the u.n. shows that the palestinians are serious about pursuing a nonviolent means of diplomacy, instead of a violent one. do you think there is truth in this? >> lk, this is basically like a showdown. this is the headquarters of the united nations, of course. this is an amazing moment. for those of us who love history, this is the great -- [ inaudible ] 64 years ago in 1947 when the united nations celebrated the partition plan. the arabs chose path of war. we have come to this moment. and i think obvious it will's better to come to the united nations than to engage in war on the street. >> uma: so you see this as a way for the palestinians to show the world that they are moving more toward the diplomatic solution as opposed

to a violent one? >> i think in a way it's coming out of mahmoud abbas from the shadow of yasser arafat. for many, many years. yasser arafat had the world's attention. he was an actor. there was a kind of a quality of a stunt man about him. and there was in his shadow, deputy was a gray man. a quiet man. and now he has come to the point in his career he is 76 years old. this is his gift to the people. he has come forward with this bid. now, the chances for this bid, this is what we probably can talk about, may not be very great. but i think for mahmoud abbas, even the risk, even rolling the dice was worth it. >> uma: i know you strongly believe there is no better way for lasting peace with the direct negotiation with israel. u.n. deliberation in the past few days is theater in your words. and illusion. why? >> yes, well, i wrote a piece for the "wall street journal,"

which you're quoting, and thank you for that. i think the lesson of this internable struggle, century old struggle between israelis and arabs and palestine shows you one thing. there is no substitute for direct negotiations. this is a very short distance between ro ma'am la where the palestinian authority -- ro romala. if you look at the one occasion, one moment in history where palestinians and israelis did business and offered hope it was oslo in 1993. what is remarkable about that, it was the deal between the palestinian and israelis, a deal between yasser arafat and rabheen there is no alternative to the direct negotiation. the u.n. may work the margin and help the margin but there can be no substitute for direct deal between israel and palestinians. >> uma: let me ask you quickly in the few moments we

have left many in congress are asking for the u.s. to cut off billions of dollars in financial aid to palestinians if they get what they want to the u.n. at this point, even abbas willing to take a big risk knowing that the palestinians and people may suffer from the move? >> absolutely. he is willing to take the punishment. what is interesting about the talk in congress cutting off aid is in israel. even the government of israel doesn't want to see this. in fact, the palestinian authority relies on foreign aid and relies on israel collecting taxes on its behalf. that is simply, i think that is not very credible apart from our congress. >> uma: there are moves to make that happen. that is something we'll be hearing a lot about in the next few days. >> absolutely. i grant you and have me back if you wish. not going to go very far. >> uma: all right, sir. we'll have you back indeed. we appreciate your insight. great to have you here today. thank you. >> thank you. >> uma: recently freed american hiker shane bauer is now making his engagement to

sarah shourd official. bauer gave shourd a ring created out of thread from his shirt while they were both imprisoned in iran. they were accused of spying and entering the country illegally when they were detained on the iraqi border. after days of waiting, nasa upper atmphere research satellite finally crashed. no one seems to know exactly where it landed on earth. initially making the dissent over the pacific ocean, the satellite fell to earth between 11:23:00 p.m. and 1:09:00 a.m. certain time. casey stegall is in los angeles with the latest on the situation. i can't believe that they don't know where this satellite happened to fall. casey? >> reporter: uma, they have a lot of tracking they have to do. no doubt the story gotten a lot of airtime in the last couple of days. people wondering where this was going to land. it was a former climate research satellite by the way. it was built and put in operation before nasa had special plans to prevent uncontrolled crashes like

this. this is the biggest nasa spacecraft by the way to hit earth since 1979. take a look at some of the pictures, nasa has not confirmed that this is in fact the satellite coming to earth. but only a few images starting to trickle in of the potential space junk, as it's called. entering the earth's atmosphere overnight looking like small stars twinkaling in the sky over southern california. the six-ton satellite over the pacific ocean at 1:00 a.m. eastern time and the last track was canada, north of seattle, arcing north and south. according to the u.s. air space, joint operation center they're not sure if it all fell in the ocean or part of it made its way to land. some hoped to find bits of it.

loddie says in 1997, part of the delta two rocket plopped down in front of her in an oklahoma park. >> i guess i was at the right place at the right or wrong time. i say that because i don't know if it was the right or wrong time but i was there. >> no people have been injured from falling stuff from the sky and satellites. this was a 35-foot satellite supposed to break up in 26 different pieces. a person's odd of being struck was 1 in 22 trillion. uma? >> uma: pretty good odds. all right, casey. thank you very much for updating us. if they find where it landed. the man on top in the g.o.p. race is getting backlash on the feud over immigration. we talk to rick perry campaign surrogate about the texas governor unpopular plan at the

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>> uma: welcome back. some lucky tip centers are rolling in the dough today. the f.b.i. announcing they paid whopping $2.1 million reward to several people following the successful arrest of fugitive whitey bulger and his long-time girlfriend back in june. the f.b.i. is not releasing the name of the tipsters. but good for them. ♪ ♪ >> road to the white house goes through florida. you have to win florida. we said all along we need to have our own date. we need to have a date as early as possible. we shouldn't include any of the delegates. >> uma: that was florida governor rick scott talking earlier today about why florida should move up the primary date is the early primary date worth the risk of losing half the delegates at the convention? joining us now with thoughts

on this, republican party chairman of florida lenny kerring recently elected as i understand. congratulations. >> thank you. thank you for having me today. >> uma: so let's get right to it. isn't it more important to keep your large pool of delegates at the nominating convince which could have a bigger influence in the presidential contest than playing politics with which state gets bigger headlines with the early primary date? >> i think the most important thing is florida go early and not be lumped in with many other states, where a large diverse state, republican based. representative of the electorate nationwide, which speaks to electability of a candidate. it's important to go early. >> uma: are you willing to risk your delegates at this point? i mean, it's national party threatening that if you do push for this, you are going to lose delegates in the process. >> we have time and i'm confident that we will through relationship and diplomacy, all sides will get to a mutual

solution that is workable and right thing to do. >> uma: voters in florida might be wondering why is it important to have florida among the first state casting the vote in the primaries? off all, isn't it voters with the final say and they are not concerned about the hype and publicity going with being early primary state in a big contest? >> well, i think it's much more hype and publicity. again, if you look at the way the republican voters poll and how they identify themselves, they are representative of what the country looks like. the cross-section of the country. it speaks to competitiveness of the nominee. >> uma: do you think it will happen and what date are you shooting for? >> the legislative branch and the governor, the house and the senate will make that decision under statutory rules. i don't have an answer on day but i'm confident it's early and we'll have a loud voice. >> uma: you think it will happen then. you are really, really confident that that is something that will make

florida stand out in a very big way come this election? >> yes. absolutely. do you have any favorites amongst the list of candidates right now that are in this context? i know the governor says he is not willing right now to back one candidate at this point. any favorites that you are looking toward? >> they're all great candidates. this process is intentionally long to test them. so there is oh one to -- just because they have a good day or bad day emerges. it's the long haul and consistency an doing a great job. >> uma: you have a big prop coming up. a lot on your plate. florida remains in a big spotlight. thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. have a great day. >> uma: you, too. all right. prior to today's straw poll in florida there has been a number of other straw polls in the election cycle. all with different winners. ron paul, most recently won the california republican straw poll. congresswoman michele bachmann took first place in the iowa

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>> uma: welcome back, everybody. according to libya national transitional council, interim government for that country will be announced in the coming weeks. peter doocy is standing by with more on that and some of today's other top stories. hi there. >> hi, uma. the new head of libya's transitionage government makes the first appearance at the united nations this week and now says this country is ready to announce member of interim

government, the council failed to seek a new cabinet last week amid disagreement over which cities should be represent and other issues. straw poll day in the sunshine state. the florida republican party is hosting the day-long convention in orlando with voting results set to be announced later this evening. majority of the republican presidential candidates have already left the state. however, leavining their surrogate in their places. we now know the fate of the florida businessman accused of killing his wife. bob ward was found guilty of second degree murder in the shooting death of his wife diane. ward was stoic as the verdict was read in court and he could face up to life in prison. prosecutors in the amanda knox appeals trial asked the court to increase the prison sentence for the young american to life in prison. knox had been convicted by a lower court of killing her british roommate in 2007. knox continues to maintain her innocence. those are the top stories. back to you. >> uma: thank you very much. well, since getting in to the race, many viewed rick perry

as one of the front runners. between his stand on immigration and some slipups during a thursday debate, some are saying he may not be the top contender. joining us now is former texas railroad commissioner and perry campaign surrogate, michael williams. thank you for joining us today. greet have you on board. >> it's my pleasure. good have you. >> uma: let me ask you. already people are handicapping the situation apt says based on the debate performance on thursday night perry stumbled on the issue of immigration. expressed views that are not in keeping with the true conservative stance and voters may be turned off by what he had to say. that is going to hurt his chance in the long run. what do you say to that? >> there is no doubt. every great running back doesn't get a touchdown every time he runs and every great hitter doesn't get a home run every time he swings the bat. no doubt. the miles per hour people recognize we're not trying to go at him and elect a debater.

we're electing a commander in chief. prime issue of the day, getting americans back to work, there is no debate on this. governor perry has a record that far exceeds anyone in the race. if you look at the jobs created since the administration said we had a recovery, 40% of the jobs were created in the state of texas. because he has been leading the job creating juggernaut putting in place the policies that allow the private sector to go and create jobs. >> uma: on this issue, the governor himself acknowledged in the later statements he may not have been the best debater out there and trying to focus on the issues. on this issue of immigration, is this something that you feel is going to be a problem for the governor going forward, knowing what he had to say the other night? and not in lock step with others who believe that the tougher measures need to be taken for the children of illegal immigrants in this

country? >> they will understand they said no to amnesty. he spent $400 million in order to control the southern border when the federal government refused to do so. no illegal immigrant in texas received a handout in order to get free tuition to texas institution. >> uma: you know politics is perception is reality. your guy is a target for the rivals out there. they seem to hammer them on the issue. what effect could it have in the next coming weeks? >> it's good to be a front runner and front runner and have everybody else trying to case you. the governor is well positioned to defend the record. he's a consistent conservative who understands and what we have controlled that southern

border. the governor state of texas and that's what he would do as the president of the united states. >> uma: he is in mission tonight. the poll is happening later today. what does it suggest? the fact he is not actively participating in the straw poll today is an indication he is concerned that he may not take the stop spot tonight? >> if the governor had a long long-standing commitment to be in michigan. that's why he is in michigan right now. the staff and the team worked extremely hard in order to make sure that these straw poll voters understand his record and vision for future of america. he will do well this evening. >> uma: if he doesn't win the top spot are you going to be very concerned tomorrow morning? >> you don't win everything. this is a long, long race.

i feel real good about where he is and where he will be when it's time for primary vote and nominate the next republican nominee to be president of the united states. >> uma: we thank you for joining us. appreciate it. i know it's a big night for all the contenders. we wish you the best. take care. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> uma: yesterday, solyndra executives testify in front of the house energy and commerce sub committee only to claim their fifth amendment privileges shortly after the start of questioning. molly henneberg joins us now with the latest developments on this very big story. >> it's not over say the lawmakers who asked questions. but didn't get a lot of answers from the solyndra executives. both sides of the political aisle say solyndra needs to explain how it claimed such a rosy economic picture mid-summer. only to declare bankruptcy 49 days later. >> why did they come to capitol hill in july and tell us things were improving.

production would double and then six weeks late their file for bankruptcy there are so many questions on this. >> see where the facts lead. let me say this again. if facts lead to wrongdoing no, matter who it is, the person should be held accountable no doubt about it. >> every american has a right to avoid self-incrimination and take the fifth. with the f.b.i. probing solyndra the execs went back on earlier promise to answer questions before a house hearing this week. instead, both solyndra ceo brian harrison and chief financial officer brian stover said this over and over. >> i hope to have an opportunity to assist this committee's inquiry in the future on the advice of my attorney. i must respectfully decline to answer any questions. >> democrats say the federal government should not stop supporting green energy ventures and companies because of one bad actor. if the obama administration

rushed the half a billion loan through for political reasons. uma? >> uma: wow! the story continues to get more intriguing by the day. thank you. appreciate it. every parent and teacher knows how important reading is. more than 100 best-selling authors are gathered in washington this weekend. we will speak to award-winning children's officer after the break. stay with us. living with the pain of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis... could mean living th joint damage.

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>> uma: well, you could call it, every book is a dream. authors are gathering for the 11th annual national book festival. children's author and illustrator william joyce is joining us in the studios to talk more about his new book man in moon. great to have you here. >> thank you for having me. >> uma: this is a big event for writers and for you this is very special. tell me why. >> washington is so beautiful. it's just beautiful to be out in the mall there.

there is so many people there, all in love with books. it's like you get to be a rock star for a day. >> uma: you have been involved in the arena for some time because you created children's shows and books are important to you. talk about why it's so critical today that young people need to tap imagination through power of the written word? >> right now this is a time about what happens in america and things get outsourced but one thing that we are dominant and will be is culture and imagination and entertainment and film. at this point in time, we need kids to be creative. we don't -- we are all finding more animators and storytellers. the schooling get on board and really treat art and literature as something that you can make a living at. we're here to prove they can.

>> the new book "man in the moon," what is it about and what hidden lessons are there for kids to take away from? >> when i first had kids. i can tell them the icons, santa claus, easter bunny and man in the moon. there wasn't a strong mythology. we knew mythology for superman and batman. but for guys that believed in them, there wasn't much to go on. after dauntless research for 15 years i discovered the secret of man in the moon and how they became the magnificent people they are and look out for us and valiant. >> uma: absolutely. you are making a movie as well. >> dreamworks. dreamworks animation. be out in november of 212. >> uma: what is it about this time that is most piting given the fact that a lot of

kids today are getting the books off the internet as opposed to sitting down and reading books today? >> there is nothing like intimacy of a book. tactical thing. the battery doesn't run out. if you drop it, it still works. if you drop it in the water, it still works. people will use tablets. books will never go away. this generation has gone up in reading and the screen. it will have an effect to tell a story. tablets do amazing thing. they take reading experience and they can make it more immersive in a way that is new and exciting. so, both will be fine. >> uma: wonderful. we're out of time. we have to go. i wish you the best and thank you for sharing your thoughts with us and the best with the new venture. >> thank you. >> uma: terrific.

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>> uma: this fox news alert. the two american hikers released from iranian prison will set foot on american soil tomorrow for the first time since being freed. shane bauer and josh fattal released on wednesday after being held for two years. the spokesperson for the hikers declined to provide more details about their return home. ♪ ♪ >> let me tell you the title i want to hear said about president obama. that is former president barack obama. let me tell you this. what president is liberal and he takes his political inspiration from europe. and from the socialist democrats in europe. guess what? europe isn't working in europe.

it's not going to work here. i believe in america. i believe in the opportunity and in the freedom that is american opportunity and freedom. >> uma: that is mitt romney from this week's debate. republican presidential contenders duking it out in the fox news google debate. fox news contributor liz trotta joining us with a look at the media analysis of the candidate's performance. liz, how do you think they did? >> well, surprises all around the place, uma. according to the media, the biggest surprise was that rick perry is worse than they thought he was. now, mr. romney also, governor romney also surprised by really showing some passion. and stepping up to the plate. and showing that he had a fighter's heart. but it's amazing that the conservatives did not like what they saw last night. they made it clear. editorial writers went after rick perry and they also went after romney as well.

these are conservative people. we're not talking about talk radio now. we're talking about conservative writers looking for a republican candidate to beat obama. of course, this sounds as know that it's not only sounds as though but they are saying they haven't found him yesterday. there is still a quest for holy g.o.p. grail. one other thing is romney became unintelligible at times, particularly on foreign policy and unintelligible when he tried to demonstrate how romney flip-flops on issues. he looks stiff. i don't know where he buys his shirt but he ought to redo the brand. all in all, bad performance, not presidential. everybody says grudgingly, not everybody but many say grudgingly and i agree that

helmunewt gingrich was smartest head. he knows the english language and he seemed comfort to believe give overarching, the favorite word of pundits now, answers about politics and vision and where we are going. so he stood out. it's amazing how flip-flopping is something that perry could get romney on but the answer was terrible. now he is being, he's being ridiculed all around. now another thing about the format of the debate. several writers talked about this. now the columbia journal review and huffington post. they have no love for fox. they went through the psychology scholars.

they have come up with a criticism is that there were too many people on the bebait. too many questioners. that may be true. also, they said who cares about this opinion and the applause of the audience? they shouldn't be influence opinions. >> uma: that is fascinating. tough critics out there in a big way. most of them come from conservative writers. liz, thank you very much. >> thank you, uma. >> uma: a gunshot and a cliff hanger, that is what devoted fans of "all my children" were left with as the popular daytime drama ended the 41-year run on friday. but is it really over? we'll tell you next. stay with us. >> so touching to know how big of a part of their lives it's been. there has been such an outpouring of support. and people telling me how much the show has meant to them. it's like you inherit your soap opera. your grandmother watched "all my children," your mother

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run. is this really it? and a spoiler alert for you. it's the final episode. most of the show's characters are gathered at the chandler household. when the character jr fires a shot and the screen fades to black. the cliff hanger, the story may not be dead even if the television series is. abc, and life to a production company and keeping it online after the first of next year. you know, somehow, it's still not the same, waving it on the tube. i know a lot of fans out there are disappointed, including myself. that the soap opera may no longer be on the air. >> we love hearing you at home. we've been asking you, who do you think will win the florida straw poll and why. and several of are you writing in. and i believe that ran powell will write in. and dirk says and writes and then adds, will speculate that santorum or newt is a front

runner. and it doesn't matter the straw poll, it matters in the general election against obama. that's the big question now, who is it going to be over obama. thank you for sharing, we love hearing from you. that's the news from me in washington and america's news headquarters rolls on. kelly wright and jamie colby are standing by in new york to take over from here. and tune in tonight to find out who wins the big florida straw poll and bring the results and won't want to miss fox news sunday and david paul, thank you so much for watching, everybody. we report, you decide, make it a great day.: >> a verdict in the murder trial of